OTTAWA – The Canada Media Fund celebrated its six month birthday with an event in Ottawa that saw stars of Canada’s television industry rub shoulders with senior government officials.
"Six months into the Canada…
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WINNIPEG – APTN has elected Dan Vandal as chair of its 21-seat board of directors.
Vandal, the former deputy mayor of Winnipeg, has served as acting chair for the past…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has asked CTV, Corus, Rogers and Canwest to explain how MTV Canada, Viva, G4 and TVTropolis do not violate their nature of service conditions of…
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TORONTO – Nathalie Cook has been named VP of marketing and partnerships for Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Cook assumes the…
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TORONTO – TD Canada Trust’s comfortable green chair will be back on CTV again this Fall.
The network announced Thursday that the largest integrated marketing campaign of its kind by…
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TORONTO – The story of TV and the Internet is not one of competition, it’s one of synergy, according to the Television Bureau of Canada (TVB).
According to a TVB-commissioned…
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TORONTO – Astral’s children’s channel Playhouse Disney launched Thursday on Rogers as part of its ‘Digital VIP’ cable package.
Playhouse Disney programming will also be available to Rogers’ subscribers as…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has published the list of analog transmitters mandated for digital conversion operating in mandatory markets.
The Commission established a baseline group of mandatory markets for transition…
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TORONTO – Showcase wants to bring viewers closer to its stars via its new podcast series Showcase Showcast.
The Showcase Showcast will keep fans up-to-date courtesy of network insiders, and…
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TORONTO – Corus is bringing daytime TV maven Oprah Winfrey’s new channel to Canada.
In an announcement on Wednesday, Corus said that it had finalized a licensing agreement to add…
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